And so, of course, this asks the obvious question, who could this stunt penis turned director possibly be? Actually, there’s a pretty strong candidate. On the DVD release of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, there exists a “cockumentary” specifically about the scene, and in it, a man named Tyler Nilson claims to be the one who dropped trou for the scene. IMDb confirms he was in the film, in the role of Bert. 13 years after the release of Walk Hard, Tyler Nilson was nominated for a Director’s Guild award alongside directing partner Michael Schwartz for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in First-Time Feature Film for their movie The Peanut Butter Falcon.
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